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CARLOS BAILEY HAYNES, OF NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

STARCHING AND TENTERING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 320,249. dated June16,1885.

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To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARLOS B. HAYNES, of North Adams, State ofMassachusetts, county of Berkshire, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Starching and Tentering Machines; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to starching and tentering machines, and has forits object the provision of a machine so constructed and arranged as toenable a single person to control and operate the entire apparatus whileoccupying one seat and without removing therefrom. The location of thisseat with relation to the other parts of the machine is such as toenable the operator not only to control the machine as above stated, butalso to inspect the various operations of the parts, and to see, withoutremoving from the seat, that everything isin working order and isworking properly.

The invention will be understood from the following description, andpointed out in the claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate what I consider the best means forcarrying my invention into practice.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a starching and tenteringmachine with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation ofthe same. Fig. 2 is a detail showing the ends of the starchpipes on theinside of the cloth. Fig. 3 is a detail showing the cleaningbrush andscrimp-roller. Fig. 4 is a detail showing the small stretching-rollers.Fig. 5 is a plan view of the device illustrated in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in all thefigures where they occur.

Z is the fixed frame of the machine, and Z the support for thestarch-barrels. Upon an extension, Z, of the frame Z the clotlrroller Ais placed, upon which the cloth is wound. Friction-rollers B, also heldin the frame or extension Z guide the cloth in its travel toward thestarching-rolls and tentering device and apply the proper tensionthereto. In standards of the frame Z are placed the starching-rolls D D,held in suitable bearings, as shown. On the outer end ofthe shalt of oneof these rolls D is placed the power-wheel or bandpulley D, by means ofwhich they are driven. On the opposite side of the rolls D from that onwhich the cloth enters them is arrangedthe tentering-frame Z, over therollers z .2 on which the tentcriug-ehaius F pass. This tentcring-frameis of the same construction as that shown in English Patent No. 6,104 of1831, so that the distance between the tentering-ehaius can be "aried,as set forth in said English patent; but in applicants device the longshaft K is applied to make the frame adjustable from the operators seat,as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

To the front of the standards of the frame Z, in which the starch-rollsare held, are secured brackets C", having secured upon them thecleaning-brush (J and scrimp-roller C, over which the cloth is causcdtopass before entering between the starch-rolls. The brackets (F can beset at any height upon the standards, and thus bring the brush androller into any desired relation to the starch-rolls vertically. Thisadjustment can be accomplished by removing the screws by which the saidbrackets are secured upon the frame and reinserting them at thedesiredheight. After passing between the starch-rolls, and before reaching thetcntering-chains, the cloth passes between the selvage-rollers E E,where the selvage edges are straightened. These rollers E E lie closetogether and press and straighten the selvage edges between them.

Z is a support upon which are placed the starch-barrels M M, which havedischargetubes N N extending to the starch-rolls D and delivering thestarch upon them or upon the cloth immediately in front of them. Asshown in Fig. 2", the tubes N N drop the starch upon the goodsimmcdiatel y in front of the rolls; but it will be understood that byproperly bending them they may be made to deliver the starch upon therolls themselves. The discharge tubes or conductors N N are fitted withcocks or valves 0 O, which have long handles O 0.

Upon the platform P of the extension Z of the frame on which the rollersA B are held is placed the seat P, of a length about equal to the widthof the machine. Upon this seat the operator sits, and it is evident thatthe position he thus occupies enables him to inspect the operation ofthe entire apparatus. He can see that the cloth is feeding evenly overthe rollers B, brush 0, and scrimp-roller G, and entering between thestarch-rollers squarely and evenly without wrinkle or fold. He also cansee that the starch is being properly delivered to the starch-rolls, andthat the operations of the tentering device are being prop erlyperformed. By reason of the long handles O 0 he is enabled withoutleaving his seat to control the cooks O O, and the flow of the starchthrough them, and by means of mechanism to be explained he can alsocontrol the width of the tenter-chains from each other and thisconsequent stretching action upon the cloth they are conveying. For thispurpose the tenter-chains are held upon rollers z z and moved laterallyby a screw-shaft, G, threaded in opposite directionsfrom aboutmid-length outward, so that upon turning it in one direction it willcause the tentering-chains which it carries to be spread apart, andbeing turned in the opposite direction to be drawn together. Thisscrewshaft and its operation in increasing or diminishing the distancebetween the tentering-chains is already well known, as may be seen inthe English patent above referred to, and need not be more fullydescribed here, as I do not claim it alone.

Upon one end of the shaft G, I place a bevelpinion H, and connect withit a small gear, H, attached to the end of a bar or shaft, K, whichextends in an upwardly-incliued position, and.

is held by suitable bearing L on the standard of the frame Z, in whichlatter-the starch-rolls are held. The upper end of the shaft K isprovided with a hand-wheel, I. This handwheel I lies close enough toseat P to enable the operator to take hold of and turn it withoutleaving the seat. This gives the operator control of thetentering-chains F while sitting upon the seat P. It is thus seen thatthe operator can inspect and govern the entire apparatus from one point.This makes it possible to dispense with the services of several persons,which have heretofore been employed upon a machine of this character,and commit the entire management of .the apparatus to a single person.

Having thus described my invention, What I desire to claim and secure byLetters Patent 1. The combination, with the rolls D, fixed frame Z,extension Z platform P, and seat P, of the starch-barrels M, theconductors N, cocks O, and long handles 0, and means for supportingbarrels Maud for operating rolls D, as set forth.

2. The combination of the rolls D, the seat 1?, located in front of saidrolls, the starch-barrels M, conductors N, cocks O, and long handles O,as set forth, and the screw-shaft G,-

gears H and H, shaft K, hand-wheel I, and supports for thestarch-barrels and seat, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I append my signature.

CARLOS BAILEY HAYNES. \Vitnesses:

WV. B. PLUNKETT, SILAs R. MILLs.

